Separator-coop for poultry.



M. J. MCCARTHY.

SEPARATOR COOP FOR POULTRY.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 7 1917. ,272,823, Patented July 16,1918.

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may be of any desired MICHAEL J. MOGARTHY 0F FLORENCE, MASSACHUSETTS.

SEPARATOR-COOP FOR POULTRY.

' Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 16, 1918.

Application filed May "7, 1917. Serial No. 166,976.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MICHAEL J. MCCAR- THY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Florence, in the county of Hampshire and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Separator-Coops for Poultry, of which the fol lowing is a specification.

This invention relates to separator coops for poultry, the object of which is to segregate productive from non productive poultry.

Another object of the invention is to systematically arrange the trap nests in the coop so that the productive hens may enter the nest from one side of the coop and pass out through theother side of the nest into the opposite side or compartment of the coop, notation of these hens can then be made, but if desired they can be retained in this opposite side, of thecoop and enter nests having their inlet openings on this side and after having laid must pass into the first side of the coop. I

A further object of this invention is to provide trapping nests which after having been once set will be automatically reset by the passage of the hens therethrough.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a device of this character which may be set for any size hens and will suecessively operate to reset at the same position, by-the mere passage ofthe hen from onvthe line 22 of Fig. 1, and looking-in the direction of the arrows, and 1 Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional view of a coop equipped with trap nests, the latter beingshown intop plan.

I In the drawings, a coopl isshown, which may be made ot any suitable material and i configuration, although in this instance arectangular form with the other pen.

is shown. A partition 2' is formed in the coop approximately midway the ends of the latter, access being gained through the partition by a door 3. By equipping the coop 1 with the partition 2 pens 4 and 5 are formed, each of which has a roost 6 mountpen 4; and its inlet end communicating with pen 5. The trap nests arranged in this manner constitutes two series, one of which communicates with one pen at its inlet end, the otherseries communicating at its inlet In practice, the nests of but one series will be used at a time, the

nests of the other series being secured closed.

in any suitable manner. By this arrangement, the fowls may pass through the nests from one compartment of the coop into the other compartment and the fowls which have laid are noted at the end of the day, after which the other series of nests may be released for operation, these first series being secured closed so that the following day the fowls may pass back through the second series into the first compartment of the coop. This renders it possible to check up on the second day the-fowls which are left in the second compartment, and this operation may be alternated thus permitting track to be kept of the productive fowls with but little trouble.

The trap nests 8 are of an identical configuration and it will therefore be necessary 7 to specifically describe only one of these in order to comprehend the invention. As

shown in Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings, each nest is preferably of'an oblong configuration and isappreciably elevated from the floor of the coop 1, said floor being provided with in the supportof runways l0 which'are arranged in close proximity to the inlet and 1 outlet ends of said nests. The inlet end of opening of latter. This abutment preferably formed from solid bar having the inarginthereof, which is adjacent the inlet opening of the trap; beveled, ajsihclicated at 16,'the bat being 111 arged "fr-(sins point approximately enemy the lat'ef'ali 'inargins e-reef, ftp as to rovid'e a Beveled shoulder 17. When the door 121's ina closetl position itwillabut the stops 1'4 'Tl'nfs'position'is iiiclicate'dby 'dottedlines-IT in Fig. 1.

If desired the'door 12'inay "be set tojprfrhit theentrance of poultry, by the domes-l ne '18 in Fig. nzmdjeray be set to "accolninoclate the 'entfahce of large poultry as indicateel' by the full lines in Fig;

1. Thefl'ow er:iiiarginaletllge of the tl'oor 1:2

(7 -V l ,i. 74, has an nverted V-shape portion i'eihovecl therefroin, as at 1 9" facilitate entrance oft-he p'oultry. As the poultry enters 'tl'irbu'gh the b 'esings 19 in the dear I 12, the latter will "be i swung iipwarclly 111 "staiiti'allyinto a position as indicated" b'y the clotted li1ies20 in jAsas the ity wipe 0V er the a'biitniie'nt 1 5 "zi iicl hack 'i'ii'to its clo'secl position, as indicated by the clhttegl lines 17 Fig. 1, thereb piventi1i the entranceofother oultry. It is,; of course, understood that the, door will b comstructeclj of "some;Very'light naterialfso that entrance ofthe poultry into the trap will be t l y retarded.

A The exit door of "thejti' ap isfinolicat'ecllat 21 in the drawings anel jcoinpris'esaff'solid frame having a wire mesh insert 22 through which the light fay 'nla'y into the trap. In this way "when 'theffowl "gets into the passageway through which it is to leaife' the f trap, The rcloorj "closure-21 is floosel y tenem- O in 'eng-a-geineht with the idwsr end of the closure-21. It will be noted that the cable 24 is-no nall y slaek,and its length must be accurately deterniin e d in order to insure "successful operation of the trap and success ful automatic resetting of the same. 'Thetrap is set for the entranceofzpoultry, as shown in Big. 1 of the drawings. -This assh'own, and "as stated above, is se't for large poultry, which upon entrance into the trap will swingthe elosise'ie inwarcllyih a 'in aniier already "s ecified, The floor Twill gravita e 'into closed positiomjasshon his the fowl fhas passedf thr'ebeneath. nest r 26 is 'fornietlpreferabmjnidufay thel'en cl's '80 of the trap antlfon jtlie ne'er of tl latter. he fowl upon leaiiin'githe ines't will oeecl through "27 in thef'low er e t .lfi i ni g course, "being 'toofsnl l1toperniit thereto 85 to therethrough, edi'ise'qu'ehtl'y sensing the closure 21 to be pushed outwarl 11"1'to the position, as incliatethby'the'dottecl lines 23, and in'this'way ausjing pressiirfe"tobe o casing for,engage"ehtby he Tower "dgebf izo v movement to permit exits-y fife W1 said "elosufe niefnloer aapta movement ;Qf the in 1 a to to set position when the outlet closure member is raised by a fowl escaping from the casing.

2. In a trap nest, a casing provided with an inlet and an outlet opening, closure members for said openings loosely secured at their upper edges to the top of the casing, the inlet closure member being movable inwardly of the casing and the outlet closure member being movable outwardly of the easing, an abutment member mounted within the casing and extending transversely thereof, saidmember being positioned adjacent the inlet opening of the casing andhaving its inner portion thickened, the bar being engageable by the lower edge of the inlet closure member so as to hold the said member in any one of several adjusted positions about its axis of movement, and connections between said closure members for permit ting the inlet member to be moved into substantially vertical position by gravity, when raised and released by a fowl entering the casing, said connections being adapted to return the said inlet members to its initial position when the outlet member is raised by a fowl escaping from the casing.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

MICHAEL J. McCARTI-IY.

Witnesses:

JOHN J. VAUGHN, MICHAEL ToBIN.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patente,

Washington, D. 0. 

